Improvement in farm-fence



Letters PatentNo. 91,585, dated .Tune 22, 1869.

CYRUs ABBOTT, or .IOWA CIT Y.'IOWA.

, IMBROVEMENT IN FARM-FENCE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and mak-.ing part of the lame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GYRUS' ABBOTT, of Iowa City, in the county of Johnson, .and State of Iowa, have invented a new andimproved Farm-Fence; and I do hereby declare that the following :is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,` which will enable others skilled inthe art to make and use thesamc, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in` which- Y Figure 1 is a side viewof a portion of my improved fence.' t

Figure 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same, taken through the line x-z, iig. 1

Sirnilar letters' of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish a simple, strong, and durable fence, so constructed and arranged that the body of the fence may be supported free from the ground, so as not to be liable to decay from con# tact with the ground; and

It consists in the fence constructed and arranged as hereinafter more fully described.' v y A are the posts, which may be made of timber, about three inches square, and from four and a half to ive feet long.

`B are the longitudinal bars'orboards of the fence, which may be of any desired length, and which are attached alternately to the opposite sides of the posts` A, as showniu iigs. l and 2.

C are ties, or cross-bars, the middle parts of which are securely attached to the posts A, between the i boards or longitudinal bars B, vas shown in the drawings.

To the ends of the ties, or cross-bars C, are attached the brace or supporting-bars D, the lower ends oi' What I claim as new, `and desire to secure by Let. v

An improved'fence, formed by the combination of` the posts or verticall bars A, boards or longitudinal barsB, ties or cross-bars G, and inclined brace or supporting-bars D, with each other1 substantially in the manner herein shown and pose set forth. Y

OYRUS ABBOTT.

Witnesses:

S. OOLDREN, E. W. J OY.

described, and for the pur- 

